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The best male bosses are married, and possibly already on to their second wife, some experts say. Unmarried executives tend to have a more daring style that doesn't always pay off, research shows, while bosses who've had three or more wives are seen as potentially unstable.

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Some clients are in committed relationships but are not married, either for legal or personal reasons. Estate plans are key in these situations, and the plans should spell out who will speak for a client if he or she is incapacitated. Advisers should encourage unmarried couples to discuss issues such as the cost of having children, whether to buy or rent a house, and whether to keep their finances separate in the event they do wed.

Outgoing Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann is winding down his tenure meekly, with his influence gone even before he's out the door. Ackermann's co-successors, Anshu Jain and Jürgen Fitschen, are already consolidating power, removing Ackermann allies and holding off on strategic moves until after they take over in June.

The biggest fans of energy drinks are also the core market for many quickservice brands, and 81% of energy drinkers said they would buy the beverages along with their quickservice meals, according to research by Red Bull.

Mining magnate Robert Friedland has lost his job as CEO of Canada's Ivanhoe Mines as part of a broader management purge after Rio Tinto's takeover. The move comes six years after Friedland sold Rio an initial 10% stake in Ivanhoe to fund development of a Mongolian copper deposit. "Friedland's lost the chess game with Rio," says fund manager John Stephenson.

Winding down a failed presidential bid presents big strategic challenges for the candidate and campaign team, experts say. "Imagine starting a $100 million business from zero, building it up, running it, and then bringing it back down to zero all within nine months,” says former Federal Election Commission auditing chief Joe Stoltz. "You don't see many businesses come and go that quickly. It's not easy."